The Delta independent., 1887-03-08

ground near NiS6r from. which a stream of
hot, muddy watef bubbles up. Portions of
the coast have sunk and other portions have
risen and stilt.thnf1 blowing at Men,
tone, making It dangerous to walk about,
yet hundreds of vistoI from distance
have arrived there, being impelled by curl
osity.
Phillip Blanche: a young German,
called on his sweetheart, Mary Rateke, at
Akron, Ohio, the other night. He had
asked her to marry him and she had given
her consent He wanted her 20 name an
early day, but she insisted in putting off
the marriage until next summer. Bidding
the girl goodnight, Blanch stepped outside
the door and shot himself through the head.
He was helped into the house and died
within few minutes.
The following is a recapitulation of
the public debt statement which was issued
on the 1st: Interest-bearing debt, total, ST.
129, ,943, TAB; debt on which interest has
ceased, s6, ,732 ,2l0: debt bearing no interest,
s5s2, ,95s, ,04. Total debt, 81, 7l9, ,6s3, ,976. De-
crease of the debt during the month, sl,-
436, 7s2; decrease of the debt since June 3d.
1886, $5s, ,l04 ,357. Total cash in the Treasury
as shown by the Treasurer's general ac-
count, si45, ,17o,242.
A special from Window, Minnesota,
says: The people of Window are in immi-
nent danger of freezing for want of fuel.
There are only two cars of wood here and
not lump of coal, and the residents are
forced to burn their fences and lumber piles.
To add to the seriousness of the situation
the blizzard of Saturday night-the severest
since 1s7l-covered the railroad with sever
of feet of snow. All the men available
were put to work shoveling the road clear,
but no trains can arrive for some days.
There are now more than 5000 silk
operatives out of work at Patterson, New
Jersey. The trouble started with 900 of
the dyers, who struck because their employ
ers would not agree to new schedule Of
wages and its conditions. The first of these
conditions was, in effect, that no one should
be employed but Knights of Labor and
members of their union, and that all the
employers should deduct from the wages of
the hands their union dues and assessments
This the employers refused to do.
Dan Florerer, of Helena, and who is
quoted as being the cattle king of Montana,
says: II had sort of misgiving that we
would have severe winter and I offered
$500, ,000to anyone TO insure my cattle against
loss, but could find no one to take me up.
l had at the fall roundup ., 600 head of cat
tie, and if any person pays my little over
draft in the bank yonder and gives me 81 a
head besides, Twill sell my interest in the en-
tire herd. 1t is no use to endeavor to hide
the facts from the public. Go to work and
profit by the severe losses we have sustained
and make the best of it."
A fatal shooting affray occurred last
Monday at Coronado, small town in Kan.
sas, near the Colorado line. Coronado and
Leoti had been rivals, each desiring to be
the county seat of Wallace county, but the
former had been victorious in the struggle
This angered the citizens of Leoti and a
wagon load of them drove over to Coronado
with apparently no definite purpose in view.
They were closely watched by the Corona
do people, and the latter making what the
visitors thought suspicious movements
three of the Leoti men jumped from their
wagon and drew their revolyers. At this
demonstration the Coronado crowd fired,
killing three men and mortally wounding
three others, only one escaping. The eN-
citement is now intense and there is no
telling what the end will be.
In addition to the report prepared by
the Western officials on the Interstate law,
the Central Traffic Association general pas
senger agents have added questions of gen.
eral policy as to whether it would not be a
most opportune time to stop all payments of
commissions, stop dealing with scalpers and
make an united effort to drive them out of
the business; abolish mileage tickets, which
they say "are the next greatest drain upon
passenger revenues to commissions and
scalpers," +" and finally '.go carefully over the
whole ground and take this opportunity to
cut off every special rate and special ar
rangement of any kind and character
which experience has shown has tenden-
cy to demoralize the business and thus re-
duce the legitimate revenues of the various
lines" To all of these questions an affirm
fiva ranly Nas mazda